Jewish day schools, Jewish communities : a reconsideration / edited by Alex Pomson and Howard Deitcher.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pomson, Alex.

Deitcher, Howard, 1955-

Series:

Littman library of Jewish civilization (Series)

The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish day schools--Cross-cultural studies.

Jewish day schools.

Jews--Education--Cross-cultural studies.

Jews.

Community and school--Cross-cultural studies.

Community and school.

Jews--Education.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

xi, 414 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, [2009]

Summary:

About 350,000 Jewish children are currently enrolled in Jewish day schools, in every continent other than Antarctica. This is the first book-length consideration of such schools and of their relationship with the Jewish community and with society as a whole. It provides a rich sense of how community is constructed within Jewish schools, and of how they contribute to or complicate the construction of community in the wider society.

The volume reframes day school research in three ways. First, it not only focuses on the learner in the day school classroom but also sees schools as agents of and for the community. Second, it brings a truly international perspective to the study of day schools, viewing them in relation to the socio-cultural contexts from which they emerge and where they have impact. Third, it considers Jewish day school education in relation to insights derived from educational practice more generally.

This cross-cultural and genuinely comparative approach to the study of Jewish schooling draws on research from Europe, South America, the former Soviet Union, and the United States, making it possible to formulate broadly based conclusions. With contributions from outstanding scholars as well as practitioners of public education and of Jewish schooling, the volume reveals conflicting conceptions of the social functions of schooling and offers original insights into the capacity of schools to build communities.

The book is timely in that it studies the issues surrounding faith-based schooling and the public good that today are as much the focus of public policy as they are of academic enquiry. It will appeal first and foremost to those with a particular interest in Jewish schooling, but it will also attract the attention of academics and professionals concerned with the place of parochial education in contemporary society.

Contents:

Building community within and around schools: can Jewish days schools measure up? / Ellen B. Goldring

From control to collaboration: mapping school communities across diverse contexts / Claire Smrekar

Compassionate conservatism: on schools, community, and democracy / Deborah Meier

A response to Deborah Meier / Joshua Elkin

Community as a means and an end in Jewish education / Jon A. Levisohn

Do Jewish schools make a difference in the former Soviet Union? / Zvi Gitelman

Jewish pupils' perspectives on religious education and the expectations of a religious community: the Jewish High School in Berlin / Christine Müller

Mutual relations between sheliḥim and local teachers at Jewish schools in the former Soviet Union / Ira Dashevsky and Uriel Ta'ir

Community school versus school as community: the case of Bet El community in Buenos Aires / Yossi J. Goldstein

Beyond the community: Jewish day school education in Britain / Helena Miller

Attitudes, behaviours, values, and school choice: a comparison of French Jewish families / Erik H. Cohen

The school ghetto in France / Ami Bouganim

Relationships between schools and parents in haredi popular literature in the United States / Yoel Finkelman

The impact of community on curriculum decision-making in a North American Jewish day school / Eli Kohn

Ideological commitment in the supervision of Jewish studies teachers: representing community / Michal Muszkat-Barkan and Asher Shkedi

Schooling for change in the religious world: an educational experiment in a religious junior high school in Israel / Elana Maryles Sztokman

Home-made Jewish culture at the intersection of family life and school / Alex Pomson and Randal F. Schnoor

Teacher perspectives on behaviour problems: background influences on behavioural referral criteria and definitions of rebellious behaviour / Scott J. Goldberg, Binyamin Krohn, and Michael Turetsky

Shabbatonim as experiential education in the North American community day high school / Jeffrey S. Kress and Joseph Reimer

Teaching leadership through town meeting / Jay Dewey

Building community in a pluralist high school / Susan L. Shevitz and Rahel Wasserfall.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781904113744

1904113745

OCLC:

243941615